Registered charity (CIO) · Kingston upon Thames
Refugee Action Kingston
- 12 trustees
- Income £580k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Houda Al SharifiChair · since 2022
- Caterina LombardoTrustee · since 2023
- David HoyleTrustee · since 2025
- Gabrielle VergottiniTrustee · since 2025
- Heather KnightTrustee · since 2025
- Ipshita ChatterjeeTrustee · since 2025
- Jida MalasTrustee · since 2022
- Krystyna AdamekTrustee · since 2022
- Mohsen MirzaTrustee · since 2022
- Nazar SharifTrustee · since 2023
- Saeed ChaudharyTrustee · since 2025
- Sonia MartinsTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Kingston Upon Thames
- Website
- www.refugeeactionkingston.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£580k£580k
- 2024£633k£632k
- 2023£697k£697k
Earlier years
- 2022£662k£661k
- 2021£458k£455k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 39% · Government grants 39%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1.THE RELIEF OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF, NEEDHARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND 2.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ASSIST IN THEIR INTEGRATION WITH THE NEW COMMUNITY.
Grants received
35 grants · £1,537,413 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Henry Smith Foundation · £510,100 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £356,972 (4 grants)
- Trust for London · £248,400 (4 grants)
- A B Charitable Trust · £124,000 (7 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £75,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
12 trustees on the board
- Houda Al Sharifi Chair since 2022
- Caterina Lombardo since 2023
- David Hoyle since 2025
- Gabrielle Vergottini since 2025
- Heather Knight since 2025
- Ipshita Chatterjee since 2025
- Jida Malas since 2022
- Krystyna Adamek since 2022
- Mohsen Mirza since 2022
- Nazar Sharif since 2023
- Saeed Chaudhary since 2025
- Sonia Martins since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Houda Al Sharifi Chair since 2022
- Caterina Lombardo since 2023
- David Hoyle since 2025
- Gabrielle Vergottini since 2025
- Heather Knight since 2025
- Ipshita Chatterjee since 2025
- Jida Malas since 2022
- Krystyna Adamek since 2022
- Mohsen Mirza since 2022
- Nazar Sharif since 2023
- Saeed Chaudhary since 2025
- Sonia Martins since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1176768
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 22 Jan 2018
- Contact on the register
- 02085470115 · admin@refugeeactionkingston.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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